Are you interested in a career in Photography or Photojournalism, but don't know where to start or can't afford the high cost of education? Would you like to help raise money for various Christian causes and organizations? Does the idea of uplifting and enriching someone's day with the word of God sound appealing? Welcome, you may be interested in this opportunity. We are Faith 21 Photography, and we are launching a Christian photography devotional. We are currently looking for photographers and writers to join our team in a creative partnership. No experience necessary, will train accepted candidates. If this sounds like an opportunity that you may be interested in, please read the F.A.Q. and apply below.

F.A.Q.

We know, understand and most importantly appreciate that you have worked very long and hard to learn the skills you have acquired. Your talents have been earned. You are a highly trained professional, and you deserve to be treated accordingly. As an Employee Owned company, we offer a highly competitive compensation package. Our requirements for immediate hire are the equivalent as the industry standard. Candidates must meet one of the following criteria:

• Three years recent professional experience as a Photojournalist
• Bachelors Degree or higher in the study of Journalism
• Bachelors Degree or higher in the study of Photography

If you meet these qualifications, please click here to submit your resume. Be sure to include your professional writing/photography/photojournalism portfolio and your salary requirements.

Essentially, this is a paid volunteer position. However, it is a highly skilled position and therefore it has many perks. Matthew 6:24 tells us that we cannot serve God and mammon, so please do not be under any illusions that you are going to get wealthy doing this. Serving God first, and our readers second are the two main priorities, making money is a distant third. With that said, this website can be grown into a steady, part time opportunity with fair compensation. We won't be throwing care to the wind and operating in a reckless manner. Passages like John 6:12, Luke 16:10 and Luke 14:28 push us to be wise in our decision making, and mange our resources frugally. We are called to be good stewards of God's abundance and finances, and that will translate into our business model. We do offer an excellent, competitive volunteer compensation package to accepted applicants. Included is:

• $250 cash signing bonus for Lead Contributors, $100 cash signing bonus for Associate Contributors
• Paid sponsorship into the #1 Press Photographers Association in the world
• Paid Credential Badge(Press Pass)
• $50 monthly Gift Cards to various restaurants for personal use
• $10 food stipend every shoot in the field
• Complimentary premium coffee, bottled water & snacks during studio & office hours
• All training expenses covered including travel to and from location, photography, lighting, set-up, equipment, editing & retouching costs all provided
• 12 free digital prints of your best photos for use in building your portfolio
• 12 free 4" x 6" hard prints for use in your portfolio
• 3 free 8" x 10" hard prints for use in your portfolio
• Full professional reference
• Letter of professional recommendation provided upon completion for use on virtually any application(employment, school, apartment, ect...)
• Large framed certificate of completion for office/wall display
  

This answer may seem straightforward, but we assure you that there is much more to the art, skill and labor involved in the process than is properly represented here in a brief Q & A blurb. Once accepted, candidates will assist in four basic ways as follows:

Interviewing: Whenever possible, our staff visit fellow Christians who share their life experiences, both good and bad. We use our journalistic skills and integrity to conduct these interviews in a compassionate, professional manner.

Writing: Once we have completed an interview, our staff then undergoes the delicate process of creating Biblically accurate devotionals based on the experiences that the interviewees have shared with us. We do this through vigorous Bible Study, deep reflection and thoughtful prayer. Despite having a focus on stunning visuals to accompany the words on our site, this is actually the most important aspect of what we do, and we act accordingly.

Photography: High quality photographs are almost as important the Devotionals we include within the site, and our staff works every month to capture top notch photos.

Promotion: Once the pervious tasks of creating world class devotionals is complete, we then must share our work with the public. Each member of the team uses multiple small business, guerilla and P2P/B2B marketing tactics in order to drive traffic to our website.

We are blessed to be able to raise money for Christian causes in two major ways. Faith 21 Photography is partnered with Prints for Praise, a fine art photography division of our company. Below, you can find examples of the art that is for sale with them, and the exact art our readers will see and be available for purchase in the advertisments on the deovotional's website. Prints for Praise uses a fundraising model in which the profits from their art is donated to Christian causes. They also sell their art to non-profits, Churches and other Christian organizations at wholesale prices, sometimes below costs, allowing those organizations the freedom to set their own fundraising prices and put the money directly into the organization's pockets. We are also partnered with a greeting card company that donates a portion of their profits to causes related to the Armed Forces. Based upon the sound legal, accounting and business advice we have received, as future growth allows this devotional will be registered as a 503(c)non-profit corporation.

These are just a small sample of the exact ads and products our readers will be able to purchase through our site courtesy of Prints for Praise.

The catch is you will have to work hard to succeed. Yes, traveling around to different places and events researching, scouting, planning & photographing subjects can be extremely fun, exciting and full of adventure. However, anything worth doing is not often easy. As a general rule of thumb, photography and business/non-profit mangament have many difficult aspects to overcome. It will take a significant amount of time to produce a quality body of work, promote it, build a strong following and turn it into profit. It will not happen overnight. However, If you are able to outlast the competition and set yourself apart from the crowd, the end result can be very rewarding. In closing, below we have included just a few eye opening statistics compiled from the the Small Business Administration and U.S. Census Bureau that help illustrate the unique and specific challenges that accompany small business proprietorship:

• 26% of all business fail within the first year.
• 14% of non-profits fail before 12 months, 42% will become non-functioning zombie organizations by year three.
• 47% of all businesses lose money in their first fiscal year.
• The median time for a business to reach financial solvency and turn a profit in the U.S. is 20 months.

If any if these statistics or possible outcomes are facts that you cannot handle, business ownership likely may not be suited for you, and furthermore you may want to reconsider submitting your application.

Simple. Tell your friend or relative, and if we hire them we will pay you $50 cash, check or Square. It's that easy.

Certainly. This position is on a limited part-time schedule.